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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
  • B65G17/30—Details; Auxiliary devices
  • B65G17/46—Means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position on the load-carriers, e.g. magnetic
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G23/00—Driving gear for endless conveyors; Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
  • B65G23/24—Gearing between driving motor and belt- or chain-engaging elements
  • B65G23/26—Applications of clutches or brakes
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G23/00—Driving gear for endless conveyors; Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
  • B65G23/24—Gearing between driving motor and belt- or chain-engaging elements
  • B65G23/28—Arrangements for equalising the drive to several elements
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
  • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
  • B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
  • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
  • H01L21/67—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
  • H01L21/677—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations
  • H01L21/67703—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations between different workstations
  • H01L21/67709—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations between different workstations using magnetic elements
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
  • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
  • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof

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• the present invention relates to a solar cell module transfer line capable of intermittently positioning and transporting a plurality of solar battery cells one by one at a predetermined distance in order to manufacture a solar cell module, and performing product inspection and product removal. is there. Background art
• the solar cell panel is mounted on the conveyer conveyor, and the double sided tape is stuck on the back of the solar cell panel and the surface tape sticking process of peeling off the release paper,
• a peeling process, a terminal box is supplied to a metal plate, and a terminal box fixing process for electrically connecting to a solar cell panel, a potting material supplied and filled with a potting material to the inside of the terminal box It is as perform Hama process.
• the solar cell module is configured by connecting such solar cells in an appropriate number.
• the solar battery module is manufactured through processes such as supply of solar battery cells, connection of solar battery cells, diode connection, front and back seals, continuity check, and inspection.
• a SUS plate of a predetermined size is used as a solar battery cell constituting a solar battery module manufactured by the above-described process, and when a plurality of solar battery cells are connected, the respective cells are separated.
• the specified clearance (for example, 1 to 1.2 mm) is set.
• each solar battery cell is adsorbed to the magnet and transported using a conveyor having a configuration in which the magnet is pasted to the steel belt, and at that time the gap between the solar battery cells is maintained.
• Each cell is sent intermittently.
• the solar cell modules are transferred from the conveyor with the magnet attached to the next conveyor in order to proceed to the next process (such as inspection process). Also in this case, the gaps between the solar cells are maintained at the specified gaps.
• the conveyor belt with magnet is made of a steel belt with magnet attached, the steel belt stretches or pulleys The bending at the part causes cracks in the magnet, which causes the magnet to peel off from the steel belt due to the decrease in durability, and reduces the suction force.
• the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and a plurality of solar cells can be sequentially positioned and transported at predetermined distances sequentially, and product inspection and product removal can be performed. Aims to provide an efficient solar cell module transfer line. Disclosure of the invention
• the solar battery cells constituting the solar battery module are intermittently fed, and an assembly line on which machines to be subjected to the processing process are sequentially disposed, and various processing processes are performed on the assembly line
• An inspection line for operating a formed solar cell module in synchronization with an assembly line to perform inspection processing, and a transfer mechanism for transferring the solar cell module from the assembly line to the inspection line The present invention provides a solar cell module transfer line which is characterized in particular.
• the assembly line includes a conveyor with a magnet
• the conveyor with the magnet includes a chain conveyor as a traveling base and each infinite chain structure of the chain conveyor.
• the magnet is configured to be detachably attachable to each element individually, and the conveyor with a magnet is provided with an automatic tension adjustment mechanism. It features.
• the inspection line is provided with a belt compander, and the conveyor with a magnet and the belt conveyor share driving means, and the driving means comprises a conveyor with a magnet and a belt conveyor. And each of the solar battery cells is intermittently positioned and transported at a predetermined distance.
• the transfer mechanism includes: a connecting conveyor disposed in parallel between the conveyor with magnets forming the assembly line and the belt conveyor forming the inspection line; and below the connecting conveyor. And lifting means for blocking the magnetic attraction force by the conveyor with the magnet to the solar cell module to be delivered from the conveyor with the magnet to the belt conveyor.
• the joining conveyor is driven by a common driving means of the conveyor with a magnet and the belt conveyor.
• the belt conveyor that constitutes the inspection line sets the crossover start position closer to the assembly line side than the crossover end position of the magnet conveyor that constitutes the assembly line
• the connecting conveyer sets and arranges the transfer end position at a position closer to the inspection line from the transfer end position of the conveyor with the magnet from the transfer start position of the belt conveyer that constitutes the inspection line. It will be a feature.
• the belt conveyor which constitutes the inspection line comprises dedicated drive means in addition to the common drive means
• the solar cell module is transported by switching the shared drive means and the dedicated drive means to drive the belt conveyor.
• the timing pulley which is fixed to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported via the timing belt
• the chain pulley the chain pulley and the chain pulley, which are fixed to the shaft in the common drive means of the belt and belt conveyor.
• the conveyor with the magnet is driven, while the driving force of the common drive means is connected to the joint conveyor and the bell ring only when the clutch is connected via the timing pulley fixed to the clutch provided on the motor shaft.
• a timing bell that is hung from the transfer start position of the conveyor to the transfer end position of the connecting conveyor Evening Imingupu - is transmitted to Li, connecting conveyor, characterized in that the arrangement for driving the belt conveyor.
• the lift means includes a belt guide roller that contacts the belt conveyor and the joining conveyor from the back side, and a linear motion drive means that drives the belt guide rollers up and down. It is characterized by having.
• FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an overall configuration of a solar cell module transfer line according to the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is an overall plan view of the solar cell module transfer line in FIG. 07 067900
• FIG. 3 is a configuration explanatory view showing an example of a solar cell module which is a production target of the solar cell module transfer line in FIG.
• FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a mechanism configuration of an automatic tension adjustment mechanism for the conveyor with a magnet in an assembly line.
• FIG. 5 is a plan view showing components of the conveyer with magnet.
• FIG. 6 is a perspective side view of the components of the conveyor with a magnet shown in FIG.
• FIG. 7 is a perspective front view of the components of the conveyor with a magnet shown in FIG.
• FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of the mechanism configuration from the C direction of the automatic tension adjusting mechanism for the conveyer with magnet in the assembly line shown in FIG.
• FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of the configuration of the automatic tension adjustment mechanism shown in FIG. 8 viewed from the direction D.
• FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the mechanism configuration of the transfer mechanism and common drive means from the assembly line to the inspection line.
• Fig. 1 1 is a plan view of the transfer mechanism.
• FIG. 12 is a diagram of a sharing drive means and a driving force transmission mechanism.
• FIG. 13 is a side view showing an example of lifting means in the transfer mechanism.
• FIG. 14 is a plan view of the lifting means shown in FIG.
• FIG. 15 is a diagram of a drive means dedicated to an inspection line and a drive force transmission mechanism.
• FIG. 16 is another side view of the drive means and the drive force transmission mechanism shown in FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 1 and 2 show an example of a solar cell module transfer line 1 according to the present invention.
• the solar cell module transfer line 1 intermittently feeds solar cells (described later) that constitute a solar cell module (described later), and an assembly line 2 in which tools for performing processing and processing steps are sequentially disposed.
• a conveyor mechanism (described later) is provided, and a transfer mechanism 4 for transferring the solar cell module from the conveyor in the assembly line 2 to the conveyor belt in the inspection line 3 is provided.
• the assembly line 2 includes a conveyor 5 with a magnet, and drives the conveyor 5 with a magnet by a driving means described later to intermittently interrupt solar cells (described later) constituting a solar cell module (described later) to be assembled.
• the solar cell module Sm is assembled by sequentially performing processing steps by means of machinery arranged along the conveyor 5 with a magnet.
• the outline of the processing process is the supply of solar cells, connection of solar cells, diode connection, front and back seals, continuity check, etc.
• the inspection line 3 uses a known belt conveyor 6 for the belt conveyor. Also, on the belt conveyor 6, the solar cell modules Sm brought from the conveyor in the assembly line 2 to the belt conveyor 6 are accommodated in a buffer after adsorption transfer, reverse, inspection (electrogenic check). A suction conveyance device 7 is provided for this purpose.
• an inspection space C a for performing inspections is provided beside the belt conveyor 6.
• the solar cell module Sm is subjected to an electromotive check, an appearance inspection, etc.
• the solar cell module Sm to be assembled will be briefly described.
• This solar cell is, for example, an amorphous silicon solar cell, and, for example, a SUS plate is used as a substrate that individually constitutes the solar cell Sc.
• the solar cell module Sm collects a predetermined number of sheets and the electric power generated by each solar cell Sc through each side copper tube ts, and (Not shown) connected to the terminal assembly Ta.
• a gap g is provided between the substrates of each solar cell Sc, so that the solar cells Sc do not short-circuit each other, and that the gap g is too large and the electric resistance does not increase. It is regulated to 1 to 1.2 mm.
• a diode D is disposed between each solar cell Sc to prevent backflow of the power generated by each solar cell Sc.
• the diodes D are connected between the solar cells Sc in the forward direction toward the mirror assembly Ta and covered with a protective diode cushion member Cd.
• the number of connected solar cells Sc constituting the solar cell module Sm can be several to several tens.
• the conveyors 5 with magnets in the assembly line 2 enable the magnet 9 to be attached to and detached from the chain conveyor 8 as an infinite chain track and the infinite chain components in the chain conveyor 8 individually. It is what you put on.
• the magnet 9 has a substantially rectangular shape, and among the outer links 8 o and the inner links 8 i which are the infinite chain components constituting the chain compensator 8, the outer link 8 o is on the outer link 8 o. It is removably attached by port and nut through plate 10 (see Figure 5, Figure 6, Figure 7).
• the magnet 9 has a flexible and elastic property by kneading and rolling a well-known synthetic rubber or polymer resin for imparting elasticity with, for example, ferrite magnet powder. It has
• the conveyor with magnet 5 is an automatic tension adjustment mechanism 11 disposed near the position where the first step is to be performed among the processing steps, the assembly line 2 to the inspection line 3, and the solar cell module Sm
• the transfer mechanism 4 is placed under the predetermined tension on a common drive means (described later) of the conveyer 5 with a magnet and the belt conveyer in the inspection line 3 which is disposed in the vicinity of the transfer mechanism 4.
• the automatic tension adjustment mechanism 1 1 is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, one end of a linear conveyor frame 12 that constitutes the conveyor 5 with magnets along the machine to which the processing process is applied.
• the tension application sprocket 14 is provided between the upper and lower idle sprockets 13 on which the conveyor with magnet 5 is passed.
• this tension-imparted spread sheet 14 is attached to the inner frame 15 between the idler sprockets 1 3 of the conveyor frame 12.
• the conveyor frame 1 2 By supplying air appropriately to the air cylinder 17 that is mounted for linear movement on the linear guide base 16 that has been made, the conveyor frame 1 2 together with the cylinder portion 1 7 a of the air cylinder 1 7.
• the tensioning sprocket 14 is moved forward and backward along the LM guide 18 extending in the long axis direction, that is, toward the tip of the rod portion 17b of the air cylinder 17.
• the tension applied to the conveyor with macnet 5 is adjusted by pressing the applied spread sheet 14 onto the chain conveyor 8 of the conveyor 5 with magnet under pressure.
• the transfer mechanism 4 is provided with a conveyor conveyor 1 9 which is connected between the conveyor 5 with a magnet and the belt conveyor 6 in the inspection line 3.
• This connecting conveyor 19 is equipped with a magnet.
• Connecting conveyor 19 is a conveyor with a magnet 5 and a bell ring 3rd bear
• the belt conveyor 6 comprises a pair of outer belt conveyors 6 o located on both outer sides of the pair of magnet-equipped conveyors 5 and a pair of inner belt conveyors 6 i arranged at the same distance as the magnet-equipped conveyors 5 i. And are composed.
• the connecting conveyor 19 is a drive shaft 2 in which a chain sprocket (described later) which is passed around the conveyor 5 with a magnet is fixed.
• the belt pulley 2 3 fixed to the 1st belt shaft 22 located in the assembly line 2 side is taken as the start point, and the 1st position from the drive shaft 2 1 into the inspection line 3 side
• the belt pulley 25 fixed to the 2 belt shaft 2 4 is used as an end.
• the outer belt conveyor 6 o is passed over the belt pulley 26 fixed to the first belt shaft 22 at a position where it enters the assembly line 2 side, and the inner belt conveyor 6 i is the second belt shuff
• the belt pulley 2 7 is fixed to the belt 2 4.
• a timing belt 29 is bridged so as to be synchronously driven by the common driving means 28 of the conveyor 5 with a magnet and the belt conveyor 6. That is, the timing belt 29 is extended between the timing pulley 30 fixed to the first belt shaft 22 which spans the connecting conveyer 19 and the timing pulley 31 fixed to the second belt shaft 24. .
• gear 1 dosimeter 1 2 8 is used (see FIG. 10).
• the setting timing of the pulley 3 9 is fixed to the electromagnetic clutch 3 8 fixed to the motor shaft 3 3, and the driving force of the gear drive motor 2 8 is the timing belt only when the electromagnetic clutch 3 8 is connected. 2 9 Then, it is transmitted to the timing pulley 31 fixed to the second belt shaft 24 to drive the connecting conveyor 19 and the belt conveyor 6.
• the conveyor 5 with magnet can be prevented from slipping between the conveyor and the pulley by the chain conveyor 8, and the driving source common to the belt conveyor 6 is a servomotor, and a timing belt without backlash, By transmitting the driving force with the setting pulley, intermittent feeding is possible, which enables positioning of the solar battery cells Sc.
• the lift means 20 comprises a guided cylinder 40 which is a linear drive means, and a belt guide roller 4 1 rotatably supported via a bearing. Is equipped.
• the lift means 20 is between the drive shaft 21 and the first belt shaft 22.
• the outer belt conveyor 6 o and the connecting conveyor 19 are connected to the belt guider 41 from the back side.
• four cylinders are provided at the top and bottom so that they can move up and down via the support plate 4 2 to the cylinder 40 with a guide.
• the lift means 20 is a passage sensor that detects the passage of the terminal assembly Ta at the end of the solar cell module Sm at the position upstream of the transfer mechanism 4 that reaches the position of the belt guide roller 41. Not shown) is provided. That is, by detecting the passage of the terminal assembly Ta by the passage sensor, the guide cylinder 40 is driven to lift the belt guider 4 1.
• the outer belt conveyor 6 o and the connecting conveyor 1 9 are provided with guide protrusions 6 p and 19 p respectively along the longitudinal central axis on the contact traveling surface with the belt guide roller 4 1.
• the guide projections 6 p and 19 p are formed along the outer circumference of the belt guide roller 41 in the rotational direction. By fitting into the guide groove 43, the outer belt conveyor 6o and the conveyor 1 9 are prevented from falling off the belt guide roller 41.
• the solar cell module S m adsorbed and held by the conveyor 5 with a magnet is transferred onto the belt conveyor 6 in the inspection line 3, it is rotatably supported by the guided cylinder 40 via a bearing.
• the solar cells are held by suction on the conveyor with magnet 5 by raising the belt guide rollers 4 1 and 4 1 and lifting the outer belt conveyor 6 o which is a part of the splice conveyor 1 9 and the inspection line 3.
• the module S m is removed from the conveyor with magnet 5 in a state where the magnetic attraction force is weakened, and the conveyor belt 19 in the inspection line 3 is not caught by the conveyor belt 19. It will be transferred.
• the inspection line 3 is equipped with a dedicated gear drive motor 44 on the end side (see FIGS. 15 and 16). .
• An electromagnetic clutch 4 7 is interposed at 46, and a timing bridge 4 8 is fixed to the electromagnetic clutch 4 7.
• the driving force of the gear and servo motor 4 4 is only when the electromagnetic clutch 4 7 is engaged, it is fixed to the drive shaft 50 via the timing belt 4 9 to the setting sun 5 1 and the belt pulley 5 2 It is transmitted to drive the inspection line 3.
• the solar cell module transfer line according to the present invention is configured as described above. Next, a series of assembly, transfer, inspection and transfer steps will be described. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, an example of a solar battery module Sm including a large number of solar battery cells Sc and a terminal assembly Ta will be described.
• the controller (not shown) intermittently conveys and positions the solar cell module S for each predetermined distance (length dimension of the solar cell Sc) in the carrying process 1. It is set to feed m (see Figure 1).
• the processing step which is an assembly process, includes, in the assembly line 2, the solar cell S c constituting the solar cell module S m at a distance equal to the length dimension of one solar cell S c.
• the solar cell module Sm can be formed by performing various processing on the assembly line 2 by sequentially feeding intermittently and by means of machinery arranged along the conveyor 5 with magnet in the assembly line 2 .
• the conveyor 5 with magnet in the assembly line 2 is driven by a gear drive motor 28 which is a common driving means with the belt conveyor 6 of the inspection line 3 through the coupling 32.
• a drive shaft 2 can be rotated by bearings via a timing shaft 3 4 fixed to the motor shaft 3 3 3, a timing shaft 3 4 fixed to the motor shaft 3 3 3. It can be driven by transmitting the driving force to the chain socket 37 fixed to the.
• the conveyor with magnet 5 is a tension between the upper and lower idler sprockets 13 to which the conveyor with magnet 5 is passed in an automatic tension adjustment mechanism 11 disposed near the position where the first process is to be performed.
• S, IDLE SPLETTE 13 Linear motion guide base 16 mounted on the inner frame 15 between the 3) s and IDS sprocket 13: The air pressure controlled by the air cylinder 1 7 mounted so as to be able to move linearly is controlled.
• the air along with the cylinder portion 1 7 a of the air cylinder 1 7, along the LM guide 18 extending in the axial direction of the conveyor frame 12 2, that is, the tip of the rod portion 1 7 b of the air cylinder 1 7
• the tensioning spread sheet 1 4 is pressed against the chain conveyor 8 in the conveyor 5 with magnet, and the magnetet It can be adjusted Seal Script down against the conveyor 5 (see FIGS. 4 and 9).
• the conveyor 5 with a magnet is always adjusted under an appropriate tension, and a predetermined intermittent drive can be performed.
• the solar cell S c on which a large number of current collection wires are attached in parallel is formed by another transport means, using the SUS plate on which the photosensitive semiconductor film is formed in the previous step.
• the solar battery cell S c constituting the solar battery module S m is sequentially arranged for each distance equal to the length dimension of one solar battery cell S c. , Intermittently, and by means of machinery arranged along the conveyor with magnet 5 in the assembly line 2, each processing step is performed for each solar cell S c on the conveyor with magnet 5.
• the respective solar cells Sc are electrically connected with a specified gap g.
• the exposure inspection device disposed under the conveyor with magnet 5 irradiates the solar cell Sc with light and whether or not a predetermined power generation can be obtained. You can check it.
• the conveyor with magnet 5 in the assembly line 2 and the inspection line continue until the first solar cell S c reaches the predetermined position.
• the belt conveyors 3 and 3 are synchronously and intermittently driven by a gear driving motor 28 which is a common driving means.
• the solar battery cells S c constituting all the solar battery modules Sm can be transferred from the conveyor 5 with magnet in the assembly line 2 to the belt conveyor 6 in the inspection line 3.
• the joint conveyor 19 is located inside the pair of magnetic conveyors 5 and at a position where it enters the assembly line 2 side from the timing pallet 3 7 which spans the conveyors 5 with magnet.
• the belt pulley 2 is fixed to the first belt shaft 22 and is extended over the belt pulleys 2 3.
• a pair of outer belt conveyors 6 o are connected to the outer sides of the pair of conveyor belts 5 with a connecting conveyor 1 9 Since the solar cell Sc power is passed in this area, the solar cell S c force is caught by the magnetized conveyor 5 by the magnetic force of the conveyor 5 without being caught by the solar cell Transfer smoothly from the conveyor with magnet 5 in assembly line 2 to inspection line 3 with the initial intermittent operation while maintaining the gap g between S c It can be.
• the first solar battery cell Sc reaches a predetermined position of the belt compensator 6 in the inspection line 3, and the solar battery module S m at the end of the final assembly assembly Ta is the transfer mechanism 4.
• the guided cylinder 40 is driven.
• the belt guide rollers 4 1, 4 1 ascend by about 30 mm (refer to Fig. 13) and lift the outer belt ⁇ conveyer 6 o which is a part of the joint conveyor 19 and inspection line 3
• the magnetic force on the solar cell S c adjacent to T a is weakened, and transfer to the belt conveyor 6 becomes possible.
• the side copper tabs ts connecting between the solar cell Sc can be restrained from being subjected to a tensile force, and each solar cell cell S c A gap g can maintain a prescribed interval.
• the electromagnetic clutch 3 8 on the side of the common servo drive 28 is disconnected, and the inspection line 3
• the drive power of the dedicated gear 1 4 1 is fixed to the drive shaft 50 via the timing belt 4 9.
• the belt is transmitted to the timing pulley 51 and the belt pulley 52, and the belt conveyor 6 which is the inspection line 3 is driven to feed the forefront solar cell module Sm at a high speed to the predetermined position of the inspection line 3 Stop positioning.
• the solar cell stopped and positioned at the predetermined position of the inspection line 3
• the module S m is adsorbed by the start of the adsorption conveyance device 7 on the belt conveyor 6, and when the solar cell module S m is lifted from the belt conveyor 6, the gear 1 dedicated to the inspection line 3 is set.
• the solar cell module Sm sucked and lifted by the suction conveyance device 7 is transferred to the inspection space C a beside the belt conveyor 6, and an electromotive force check and an appearance inspection are performed.
• the solar cell module Sm can be inverted (reversed), and the solar cell module Sm can be stored in a buffer to complete a series of inspection steps.
• the assembly and inspection process for the solar cell module Sm configured by linking several tens of solar cell cells Sc and the terminal assembly Ta together
• the inspection process similarly in the same manner.
• the first problem is (1) durability which is a drawback of the compart belt with a magnet, and (2) when replacing the magnet, while the entire conveyor belt comes from being replaced during production It is necessary to stop the line, (3) It is difficult to keep the gap between the solar cells in the specified gap from the minute slip which occurs from the steel belt coming from the steel belt of the conveyor belt with magnet. (4) It is possible to overcome the possibility of damage to products when transferring products from conveyor belts with magazines to the next conveyor belt, and in the transport line, multiple solar cells can be used.
• the predetermined distance (solar cell) Can be provided by intermittently transferring the solar cell module transfer line which can be positioned, inspected, and removed from products.

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